The Final Conflict Between Good and Evil. Part [15] 05/16/2024 (Evening thought)

Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

There are serious problems with the perspective put forth by so many contemporary Christians, that the Sabbath was given to the Jews only, as we will discover, when reading the Bible, line upon line and precept upon precept. First of all, the 7th day Sabbath was given to the human family in Eden, when there wasn’t a single Jew around. Adam wasn’t a Jew, neither was Noah, yet they both kept all of God’s commandments including the 7th day Sabbath.

Even though the law was hand written by God at Mt. Sinai, that does not necessarily mean that it was nonexistent up until that time. Just because something isn’t written does not mean to say it does not exist, and therefore, if God’s laws were not binding in Eden, Adam and Cain could not be guilty of any sin for sin is the transgression of the law. It becomes obvious, from a study of the Bible that the ten commandments were handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.

Genesis 39: 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knows not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Genesis 4: 6 And the Lord said unto Cain, why are you wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, shalt you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

The Final Conflict Between Good and Evil. Part [14] 05/15/2024 (Morning thought)

Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

And just as it was up in heaven, in Eden, in Noah’s day, and in the here and now, humanity covets the time God has reserved for Himself, and in doing so the law of God is broken again and again. This is the reason why the final conflict between good and evil will of necessity be centered around God’s law, for this is where our allegiance, is, and has always been decided.

The conflict over the Sabbath is centered directly in 4th and 10th commandments because covetousness will lead us to take to ourselves the sacred time that belongs to God alone, and appropriate it for uses that are contrary to the plain instructions of God. Someway, somehow, the serpent has succeeded in causing the seventh day sabbath to be the busiest of the week, and it has almost become a no brainer for persons to run errands, go shopping, do laundry and catch up on all of the other unfulfilled secular duties over the sacred hours of the Sabbath.

Another point of contention is the perspective put forward that the ten Commandments were for the Jews only, and therefore are not binding upon those who follow Jesus. Some even point to the scriptures saying that God’s law was given at Mt Sinai and thus were for the Hebrews in particular.

Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!